A RARE AND UNUSUAL PASTE 'GEM'-INLAID GILT-METAL, BAISSE TAI...

Lot 1788
25.09.2020 14:00UTC -05:00
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$ 70 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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Lot 1788 | A RARE AND UNUSUAL PASTE 'GEM'-INLAID GILT-METAL, BAISSE TAI...
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 90 000
A RARE AND UNUSUAL PASTE 'GEM'-INLAID GILT-METAL, BAISSE TAILLE AND PAINTED ENAMEL VASE-FORM CLOCK CASE

THE CASE, GUANGZHOU, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

The moon flask-form case is inset with a clock encircled on the front by dark blue enamel and a band of green paste key fret, with baisse taille decoration on the back and sides, and multi-colored paste 'gems' on the neck and handles, the whole raised on a painted enamel base shaped as a lotus flower raised on an inverted lotus leaf.

15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) high

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